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| United Kingdom seaplant statistics |
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| United Kingdom (XUK) Coastline 12,429 km |
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| Commercial seaweed species & production |
| Genus |
species |
type |
Total mt |
Cultivated |
| Ascophyllum |
nodosum |
brown |
3,500 |
0 |
| Laminaria |
hyperborea |
brown |
2,000 |
n/a |
| Lithothamnion |
corallioides |
red |
200,000* |
0 |
| Phymatolithon |
calcareum |
red |
* |
0 |
| Porphyra |
spp. |
red |
n/a |
n/a |
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205,500 |
n/a |
| * Lithothamnion and Phymatolithon mixed as maërl. |
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